Jonathan Tah

Jonathan Tah

Tah with Bayer Leverkusen in 2015
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Glao Tah
Date of birth (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen
Number 4
Youth career
2000–2009 Altona 93
2009 SC Concordia
2009–2014 Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Hamburger SV II 8 (0)
2013–2015 Hamburger SV 16 (0)
2014–2015Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 23 (0)
2015– Bayer Leverkusen 29 (0)
National team
2011–2012 Germany U16 5 (1)
2012–2013 Germany U17 13 (0)
2014–2015 Germany U19 6 (1)
2015– Germany U21 3 (0)
2016– Germany 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Jonathan Glao Tah (born 11 February 1996) is a German footballer who plays as a centre back for Bayer Leverkusen. His mother is German and father is from Ivory Coast.[1]

Club career

Tah started playing football in Altona 93. Then he joined SC Concordia before being snapped-up by Hamburger SV. On 4 August 2013, Tah made his competitive debut for Hamburger SV in DFB Cup match against SV Schott Jena.[2] He made his Bundesliga debut on September 21, 2013 in a 2-0 home loss against Werder Bremen.[3]

On 1 September 2014, he was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for one year.[4]

On 15 July 2015 he signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen.[5]

International career

Tah received his first call up to the senior Germany squad in March 2016 for friendlies against England and Italy.[6] He made his debut in the former, coming on at half time for Mats Hummels in a 2–3 loss.[7]

References

  1. "HSV-Juwel Tah: "Wir müssen konstanter werden"" [HSV jewel Tah: "We must be constant"]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. "Der HSV dank Rudnevs am Ende standesgemäß" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. Überblick, Alle Spiele im. "Fußball-Bundesliga: Nils Petersen verschärft die HSV-Krise". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  4. "Jonathan Tah und Kerem Demirbay werden für ein Jahr verliehen" [Jonathan Tah and Kerem Demirbay will be loaned for one year] (in German). Hamburger SV. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. "Tah joins Bayer Leverkusen from Hamburg". Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. "Löw calls up Leverkusen's Tah for England and Italy games". bundesliga.com. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. "Germany squander 2-0 lead against England". dfb.de. German Football Association. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

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